Spark in the Park

Saturday 2 October 2010
at Paradise Park, Islington

LVSTC organised the ‘Spark in the Park' event with the Paradise Park Children's Centre, Friends of Paradise Park, Islington Council and the European Anti-Poverty Network England (London Branch), with funding from the DWP. It took place during the UK EY2010 Week and was a day of performances, presentations from key activists, films, an exhibition of anti-poverty work, as well as input from the Mayor's office, local councillors, local MPs and MEPs, and face-painting and a bouncy castle for the kids.

Below is a sample of what took place on the day.

Conference

Session 1 “Fighting Poverty in London”
Catherine West, Islington Leader of the Council
Richard Barnes, London Deputy Mayor
Jean Lambert MEP
Pauline Geogeghan, European Anti-Poverty Network

Session 2 “Ending Child Poverty”
Michelle Kennedy, formerly Government Office for London
Jessica Knott, Save the Children presentation

Session 3 “Working Age Poverty”
Gary Blake, Community Links presentation
Michael Fothergill, Crisis UK presentation
Simon Beer, National Institute for Adult & Continuing Education presentation

Session 4 “Adult & Older People's Poverty”
Helen Robinson, The Salvation Army
Brian Cross, Community Service Volunteers

Session 5 “Going Forward”
Dr Adrian Bonner, University of Kent presentation
Kristina Glenn , Director Cripplegate Foundation
Ray Phillips, LVSTC

 

Performances by the Salvation Army and Queensland Multi-Media Arts

Exhibition

Exhibitors at the event included:

2011 Census
Arts and Clay
ATD 4th World
Cripplegate Foundation
Community Links
Community Safety Partnership Unit
Community Service Volunteers
Disability Law Service
European Anti-Poverty Network
European Parliament
Evelyn Oldfield Unit
Freeform Arts
Freightliners City Farm
Friends of Paradise Park
Hackney Community Transport Learning
Hackney CVS
Islington Family Information Service
Islington Refugee Forum/WAND UK
Islington Working for Parents
Islington Bills/Grants/Benefits
Kensington & Chelsea Social Council
London Voluntary Sector Training Consortium
Migrant Voice
Praxis
Queensland Multimedia Arts
Salvation Army
Save the Children
Southern African Arts & Craft
Underground Youth Project
Voluntary Action Islington

 

Films shown at the event

‘8th European Meeting of People experiencing Poverty' - EAPN
‘Airborne Families' - Scarabeus
‘My Place' - Voluntary Action Islington
‘Homeless Centre in Cardiff ' - The Salvation Army
‘Crossing Borders' - Evelyn Oldfield Unit
‘Yurik' - Migrant Voice

To see more pictures from the event, please visit the Spark event flickr page.